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DESCRIPTION:BIKING TO BECHTEL!  Cycling from colleges to Bechtel Int'l Headquarters!  
 Thurs, May 4, San Francisco, leave 12 noon, arrive 1 PM  BUSH, BIG BUSINESS 
 AND BECHTEL, TAKE YOUR WARS AND GO TO HELL!  ((((( students & activists & 
 everyone welcome! )))))  Ever since Bechtel executives advised President 
 Bush to invade in 2003, Bechtel has made a killing in Iraq, doing 
 reconstruction in the same cities they told Bush to bomb. It's time to 
 stick it to Bechtel and Bush and tell them, "US military out of Iraq, and 
 war profiteers like Bechtel, too!"  12 noon. Students and activists will 
 depart various campuses, such as SFSU, City College, and Berkeley. 
 Destination: Bechtel.  1 PM. Cyclists join walkers  & circle Bechtel, 50 
 Beale St, San Francisco. Rally/march/music. Wheelchair accessible.  We 
 cycle to tell Bush & Bechtel we don't want your oil wars.   We cycle to say 
 no to wars fought for corporate profit.  What does Bechtel have to do with 
 the war in Iraq?  >>Several Bechtel bigwigs played an important role in 
 urging Bush to go to war in the first place. A few of the worst bigwigs:  - 
 Riley Bechtel, CEO, is on Bush's Export Council, and advises Bush on trade 
 issues such as procuring sources of oil.  - George Schultz, Bechtel board 
 member and senior counsel, is advisory board Chairman of the Committee for 
 the Liberation of Iraq, which played a key role in leading to the US 
 invasion.  - Jack Sheehan, Senior Vice President, is on the influential 
 Defense Policy Board with close ties to the White House.  >>Bechtel was 
 handed one of the first contracts for "construction" in Iraq – an insider 
 contract of $680 million – for public works projects. But the first 
 project they worked on, while Iraqis were left without hospitals, water, or 
 sewage, was the drudging and upgrading of Umm Qasr seaport. In essence, 
 Bechtel said, "Iraqis may be suffering, but at least Iraq and its oil 
 fields are open for business!"   Oppression in Latin America. Bechtel has 
 privatized water in Bolivia, hiking costs to thirsty Bolivians. Following 
 massive riots, Bechtel fled, but sued Bolivia for "damages."  Get involved 
 today!!!   Join the bike ride! Please meet here, 12 noon on May 4: Malcolm 
 X Plaza, San Francisco State University  Join the rally! Come to Bechtel's 
 Int'l Headquarters, 1 PM at 50 Beale St, San Francisco, near the 
 Embarcadero BART, for a rally and march to circle the building!  Sponsor an 
 individual cyclist! Please send a check made out to LKM for $15 (or more!) 
 to: 1203 S Van Ness Ave, SF, CA 94110. We urge you to consider sponsoring a 
 cyclist!  Also, please come to the Biking to Bechtel kick-off event! Learn 
 more about war profiteers like Bechtel & get pumped!  Jim Haber of War 
 Resisters League West presents "Stop the Merchants of Death." Wed, 5 PM, 
 May 3,   San Francisco State University,19th Ave & Holloway, San Francisco, 
 Cesar Chavez Student  Center, Rm Rosa Parks F.  Event organized by an ad 
 hoc group from Students Against War at SFSU, United Students for Global 
 Justice at City College, and others. Q&A: Contact Lacy MacAuley, (703) 
 850-5542, Butterfly@Lacy.com.  bikes not bombs – mother earth not daddy 
 warbucks – need not corporate greed\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/24/96933.php
SUMMARY:Biking to Bechtel! Students/Activists!
LOCATION:Bechtel International Headquarters!  50 Beale Street, San Francisco  Near 
 Embarcadero BART
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/24/96933.php
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